Shake, rattle and rock Enjoy a variety of live music, including indie rock, folk and global music, as well as regional craft brews and food from Lincoln Square restaurants, at the Square Roots Festival. Noon to 9 p.m. July 13. $10 suggested donation; $5 for kids and seniors; $20 for families. (Proceeds benefit the Old Town School of Folk Music and Lincoln Square Ravenswood Chamber programs.) Lincoln Avenue between Montrose and Wilson avenues. squareroots.org ...

Shortstop Alexei Ramirez took one look at his red cleats and joked, “I've been traded to Philadelphia.” Pitcher Gavin Floyd said his red cleats reminded him of his days with the Phillies in mid-2000. But many of the Sox's players who found red apparel in their lockers Friday accepted it as part of the Chicago White Sox's promotion to wear uniforms with red pinstripes and caps on Sundays to commemorate their 1972 team. Veteran Paul Konerko welcomed the change, stating...

The sun shone bright and hot over Taste of Chicago on its final day Sunday as vendors hoped to rebound from a rare closure of the festival earlier in the weekend. There were few signs of the puddles and stagnant water that had forced the festival to shut down Saturday - only the second closure in its 34-year history - after a morning downpour caused concern that standing water could pose a hazard to the electrical wiring in food preparation areas. No...

What do CNN anchors Anderson Cooper and Piers Morgan have to do with "Black Hawk Down" or "Gladiator"? Nothing - until June 23. That's when the Time Warner cable-news outlet will launch a new series from popular Hollywood producer/director Ridley Scott. The eight-episode "Crimes of the Century" will each week focus on a single news event that was not only shocking at the time it took place but also had far-reaching repurcussions in week and months that followed. The...

TV: 5 p.m. Sunday; WCIU-DT-26.2. Records: Sky 8-12, Dream 13-5. Series: Sky 16-11. Last meeting: The Dream won 97-59 June 7 at Philips Arena. Blake Schuster's quick look: Despite dropping 11 of their last 14 games, the Sky are still in the hunt for the playoffs because of the weak Eastern Conference, and a victory in Atlanta against the first-place Dream could give the team some much needed momentum going into the second half. Forward Elena Delle Donne isn't expected...

Even before the City Council on Wednesday approved Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan for free Sunday neighborhood parking, more than a dozen aldermen were making plans to quickly restore paid parking throughout the weekend in business districts stretching across much of the lakefront. Stores and restaurants rely on a turnover in street parking for customers, and the mayor offered to allow aldermen to turn the pay boxes back on as part of his full-court press to secure the votes for...

PARIS (Reuters) - French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius will travel to Vienna on Sunday to join his counterparts from the six powers negotiating with Iran on its nuclear program to help push talks forward ahead of a July 20 deadline, a French diplomatic source said. "The minister will arrive on Sunday in Vienna," the source said on Thursday. (Reporting By John Irish; editing by Maya Nikolaeva)

Old habits die hard. Especially for a series about a family of undertakers. After just a few weeks in its Monday time slot, HBO's "Six Feet Under" will return to 8 p.m. Sundays on July 10, the network said Monday. ---------- Edited by Curt Wagner (cwwagner@tribune.com) and Victoria Rodriguez (vrodriguez@tribune.com)

Fox is rolling out a good chunk of its fall lineup outside of premiere week, it announced Thursday, including early starts for multi-night reality series " Utopia " and new drama " Red Band Society ." "Utopia" kicks the net's fall off with a special three-night launch, starting Sept. 7 on a special night, Sunday, that will allow the network to provide it with an NFL lead-in. It will then begin its regular weekly schedule of an hour on Tuesday and Friday that...

Naperville library officials are considering whether to extend the Sunday closing time by four hours. To test the new possible Sunday hours of 1 p.m. to 9 p.m., the Nichols library will work on that schedule for four months, beginning in March. Any final change could not take effect until May of 2014. "Unfortunately, due to the timing of our budget cycle, we wouldn't be able to include this in our budget until the next fiscal year," said Naperville Library deputy director...

CBS' " Big Brother " ruled as Sunday's top-rated broadcast in key demos, holding steady week to week, as did ABC's " Rising Star " in its third week. It was pretty slow going, meanwhile, for NBC's Miley Cyrus concert special on a night when overall viewing levels were down some at the end of a long holiday weekend. According to preliminary national estimates from Nielsen, CBS opened with "60 Minutes" (1.0/4 in 18-49, 8.5 million...

Just a friendly reminder: The Waukegan Public Library will be closed on Sundays through Sept. 10. There is no bookmobile service when the library is closed. Regular library hours are from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Mondays through Thursdays; from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays; and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays. For further information on Waukegan Public Library programs, call 708-623-2041.

AMC has renewed unscripted series "Comic Book Men" and "Talking Dead" for second seasons of 16 halfhours apiece. "Comic," exec produced by Kevin Smith, Elyse Seiden and Charlie Corwin's Original Media, drew 2 million viewers for its initial airing Feb. 12, with AMC hit "The Walking Dead" as a lead-in. Over its six-episode run, set at Smith's New Jersey comic shop, "Comic" averaged 1.5 million viewers for first-run episodes. "AMC set out...

The Ravinia Coffee Station has introduced a new Sunday morning perk to the neighborhood: live music. Weather permitting, it's a scene out of the classic Creedence Clearwater song. Down on the corner and out on the sidewalk, owner Josh Weisbart and a recurring line-up of musicians play acoustic music to lift the spirits of customers and passersby. "It's wonderful to find live music just happening," said Laura Davis Sherman of Highland Park. "It's a really great pause in the...

The Cary Park District announced special hours of operation for two upcoming Sundays. The community center and pool will close at 6 p.m. Sunday. The center will open at 8 a.m. and the pool will open at noon on that day. On July 30, the pool will close at 5 p.m. for the annual swim team awards banquet. On that day the pool will open at noon. The community center will be open between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. In addition, the district will present the second event of its summer...

The Cubs will enjoy a rare off day on Sunday. Very rare. For the first time in 82 years there is no game scheduled for the Cubs on a Sunday. "That's unheard of. We already have some family plans for that day. Maybe this can become a regular thing," Cubs president Theo Epstein said jokingly. "Let's play two - Ernie (Banks) style Saturday and enjoy a nice day of rest Sunday. But, no, it will be interesting. " It was announced in February the Cubs would play a split...

Jacobson Stores Inc. has decided to open its 15 stores in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana on Sundays, abandoning a 124-year tradition. The company's nine stores in Florida will remain closed on Sundays, Chairman J. Russell Fowler said. The stores in the chain's three-state northern division will be open from noon to 5 p.m. local time on Sundays, beginning Sept. 8. The company had experimented last fall and winter by opening its stores on Sundays between Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.